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    3. 苦心

    苦心

    苦く心しん

    pains

    N2KMT8News #22+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    くしん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    pains, hard work, effort, trouble, labour, labor

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    彼かれはその問もん題だいを解かい決けつするために苦く心しんした。

    He struggled to solve that problem.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    新あたらしいプロジェクトの企き画かくに苦く心しんしている。

    I am struggling with the planning of the new project.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    彼かれの苦く心しんは、作さく品ひんの細さい部ぶにまで表あらわれている。

    His painstaking effort is evident in every detail of the work.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyArt & Design
    多おおくの苦く心しんを乗のり越こえて、彼かの女じょは夢ゆめを叶かなえた。

    Overcoming many struggles, she achieved her dream.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    長なが年ねんの苦く心しんの末すえ、ついに彼かれは画かっ期き的てきな発はつ明めいを成なし遂とげた。

    After many years of painstaking effort, he finally achieved a groundbreaking invention.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    心
    こころ・-ごころ…(1)
    heart・mind・spirit・heart radical (no. 61)
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